Committee looking at extraction ordinance

Law would limit where companies can extract minerals

7:04 AM,
Sep. 17, 2013

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City Council's zoning and annexation committee plans to add a section on mineral extraction to the city code that limits any company looking to get resources from the city.

The ordinance comes as the National Lime and Stone Company is looking to re-visit its application to annex into the city.

Under the ordinance, there will be no extraction activity closer than 100 feet from township, municipal and county roads; 50 feet from state roads and U.S. highways; 300 feet from intense residential dwellings (30 existing homes within a radius of 900 feet); 100 feet from any isolated residential ...